| 单词 | fall to |
| 释义 | fall toSEE SYNONYMS FOR fall to ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr)(adverb) to begin some activity, as eating, working, or fighting (preposition) to devolve on (a person)the task fell to me fall to the ground (of a plan, theory, etc) to be rendered invalid, esp because of lack of necessary information Words nearby fall toFall River, Falls, fall short of, fall through, fall through the cracks, fall to, Fallujah, fall under, fall webworm, fall wind, Falmouth Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with fall tofall to Energetically begin an activity, set to work, as in As soon as they had the right tools, they fell to work on the house. This expression is also often used to mean “begin to eat.” Charles Dickens so used it in American Notes (1842): “We fall-to upon these dainties.” [Late 1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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